This game was so fun. I think there's a lot of unexplored game design in this style of 2d aviation.
The multiplayer game Altitude was a good modern example.
sheiyei 16 hours ago||
We had an awesome split screen dogfighting game on a Win98 PC where everyone had a Spitfire-like plane and tried to take the others down. You could land at your base and heal etc. Super fun. I think it was called Iron Birds? Don't think I've found it since.
jauntywundrkind 17 hours ago|||
Lufteauser is a bigger space & higher motion, but has hit some good vibes for me, in this zone. Single player.
We were always begging the daycare to let us play this. Very solid.
teamonkey 16 hours ago||
Do you mean Luftrausers?
jauntywundrkind 14 hours ago||
Yes sorry thank you!
lstodd 16 hours ago||
Highfleet is nice.
fwip 15 hours ago||
As a small kid, I learned how to use the DOS command line to launch this game on my parents' PC. I also remember really enjoying Sopwith 2, which added cows, among other things.
contingencies 17 hours ago||
Superior successor was Wings of Fury. The DOS version.
Honorable mention: Choplifter. Gameboy.
pavel_lishin 14 hours ago||
I remember playing this game on my dad's computer, and being largely baffled at what I was supposed to do. Shoot, drop bombs, of course - but how do I land, refuel, how do the points work?